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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1983
Ronald C Voegeli, Venice, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A newspaper display machine includes a housing, a service access door mounted on the housing and carrying a coin-actuated unlocking device, and a paper access door mounted on the service access door. A locking mechanism includes a first lock for locking the service access door to the housing and a second lock for locking the paper access door to the service access door. A single key-actuated cylinder controls both the first and second locks for selective actuation. A pin which forms a horizontal hinge axis for the paper access door also forms a vertical hinge axis for the service access door. That pin is slidably removable from the housing to facilitate removal of the service access door from the housing. That pin, together with another pin plus two elements of the second lock, serve to support the service access door against forces imposed thereagainst when the paper access door is slammed shut. A transparent paper holder is mounted on the paper access door to press upper and lower portions of a display newspaper against a window of the paper access door and thereby facilitate reading of that paper from the outside. The housing is formed to have only a single seam which is disposed on a bottom surface thereof.